1984 Thurrock Borough Council election

The 1984 Thurrock Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Thurrock Borough Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

1984 Thurrock Borough Council election

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16 out of 39 seats to Thurrock Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Registered	86,378
Turnout	25,552 29.6% ( 0.3%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Independent Labour Seats won 12 4 0 Seats after 27 10 2 Seat change 3 Popular vote 17,079 10,915 did not stand Percentage 53.5% 34.2% did not stand Swing 2.7% 1.5% 2.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Residents Seats won 0 0 Seats after 0 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 1,906 did not stand Percentage 6.0% did not stand Swing 3.2% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 1984 Thurrock Borough Council election.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Summary

Election result

1984 Thurrock Borough Council election[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	3	75.0	15	27	69.2	17,079	53.5	+2.7
	Conservative	4		25.0	6	10	25.6	10,915	34.2	–1.5
	Independent Labour	0		0.0	2	2	5.1	N/A	N/A	–2.8
	Independent	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,906	6.0	+3.2
	Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,898	5.9	–2.0
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	138	0.4	N/A
	Residents	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Aveley

Aveley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lee	1,053	61.6	–6.5
	Conservative	F. Beasley	493	28.8	–3.1
	Alliance	J. Norris	163	9.5	N/A
Majority			560	32.8	–3.5
Turnout			1,709	28.9	–2.0
Registered electors			5,997
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

Belhus

Belhus

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Aberdein*	1,137	77.9	+1.0
	Conservative	C. Clark	322	22.1	–1.0
Majority			815	55.9	+2.0
Turnout			1,459	24.2	–3.6
Registered electors			6,125
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Chadwell St Mary

Chadwell St Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Rice	1,218	55.9	+7.2
	Independent	D. Hemmings*	587	26.9	+6.2
	Conservative	V. Lanigan	256	11.7	–4.9
	Alliance	A. Scott	119	5.5	N/A
Majority			631	28.9	+1.0
Turnout			2,180	27.1	–6.2
Registered electors			7,985
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	0.5

Corringham & Fobbing

Corringham & Fobbing (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Price*	1,465	63.3
	Labour	L. Boot	1,382	59.7
	Conservative	J. Hubbard	923	39.9
	Conservative	A. Whear	857	37.0
Turnout			~2,356	24.8
Registered electors			9,499
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East Tilbury

East Tilbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Palmer	1,075	70.2	+44.6
	Conservative	A. Grant	457	29.8	+15.1
Majority			618	40.3	N/A
Turnout			1,532	36.1	+3.5
Registered electors			4,271
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing	15.8

Grays Thurrock (North)

Grays Thurrock (North)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Hammett	534	42.2	–18.3
	Labour	C. Olivier	509	40.2	+0.7
	Alliance	A. Senior	222	17.5	N/A
Majority			25	2.0	–19.0
Turnout			1,265	44.4	+0.5
Registered electors			2,892
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.5

Grays Thurrock (Town)

Grays Thurrock (Town)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Paul	830	38.5	–29.5
	Independent	B. Taylor	714	33.1	N/A
	Conservative	E. Attewell	389	18.1	–13.9
	Alliance	P. Gray	142	6.6	N/A
	Communist	J. Paul	79	3.7	N/A
Majority			116	5.4	–30.7
Turnout			2,154	32.6	–1.5
Registered electors			6,675
	Labour hold

Little Thurrock

Little Thurrock (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Bennett	1,146	50.7
	Conservative	P. Cleverly	1,093	48.3
	Labour	J. Osman	751	33.2
	Labour	L. Groombridge	687	30.4
	Alliance	D. Benson	467	20.6
	Alliance	G. Rice	380	16.8
Turnout			~2,293	28.8
Registered electors			7,963
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ockendon

Ockendon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Borge	1,208	68.4	+0.3
	Conservative	J. Stone	500	28.3	–3.6
	Communist	J. Walker	59	3.3	N/A
Majority			708	40.1	+3.9
Turnout			1,767	26.6	–5.0
Registered electors			6,720
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Stanford-le-Hope

Stanford-le-Hope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Meen*	1,405	64.1	+21.8
	Conservative	G. Wood	788	35.9	+1.5
Majority			617	28.1	+20.2
Turnout			2,193	28.4	–9.3
Registered electors			7,857
	Labour hold		Swing	10.2

Stifford

Stifford (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Scully	1,247	49.1
	Conservative	E. Beardwell	1,195	47.0
	Labour	M. Doyle	1,187	46.7
	Conservative	M. Luff	1,169	46.0
	Alliance	E. Ward	284	11.2
Turnout			~3,200	48.9
Registered electors			6,544
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

The Homesteads

The Homesteads

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Clarke*	1,067	60.8	+30.1
	Conservative	D. Connelly	689	39.2	–7.6
Majority			378	21.5	N/A
Turnout			1,756	31.0	–8.3
Registered electors			5,744
	Labour hold		Swing	18.9

Tilbury

Tilbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Watts	858	50.8	–27.7
	Independent	C. Spriggs	605	35.8	N/A
	Alliance	M. Bamford	121	7.2	–14.3
	Conservative	W. McLaughlin	104	6.2	N/A
Majority			253	15.0	–42.0
Turnout			1,688	21.1	–5.3
Registered electors			8,106
	Labour gain from Independent